From Alexandria to Babylon : : Near Eastern Languages and Hellenistic Erudition in the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (P.Oxy. 1802 + 4812) / / Francesca Schironi.

This book provides the first full edition and commentary of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (POxy 1802 and 4812). This is a unique document both for the history of Greek lexicography and for the study of the cultural and linguistic exchange between the Greeks and the “others” in the Hellenistic near East....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN)
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Sozomena : Studies in the Recovery of Ancient Texts , 4
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.) :; 14 plates
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Manuscript
  • 3. Content
  • 4. Dating and Origin
  • 5. Near Eastern Glosses and the Problem of their Acquisition
  • 6. The Oxyrhynchus Glossary and Greek Glossography
  • 7. Authorship
  • 8. Edition
  • 9. Commentary
  • 10. Conclusions
  • Backmatter